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03 Jul Tom Bramble After decades of alarms by bosses, central bankers and conservative politicians that even the smallest increase in wages is about to develop into a full-scale “wages breakout” driving the economy to ruin, the very same people are now lining up to lament the fact that wages are now growing...CONTINUE READING

03 Jul Allen Myers Pauline Hanson has kept her name in the news by saying that children with autism or other disabilities should be taught in separate classrooms. In a speech whose syntax would have disqualified her for citizenship if the government’s planned English proficiency test were in effect, Hanson s...CONTINUE READING

22 Jun Allen Myers Pauline Hanson has kept her name in the news by saying that children with autism or other disabilities should be taught in separate classrooms. In a speech, the syntax of which would have disqualified her for citizenship if the government’s planned English proficiency test were in effect,...CONTINUE READING

19 Jun Mick Armstrong Would you believe it? Wealthy Chinese businesspeople and the Chinese government bribe Australian politicians, try to influence community leaders, solicit favourable media coverage, intimidate Chinese international students and democratic rights advocates and engage in spying. A special Fai...CONTINUE READING

19 Jun Daniel Taylor For an ashen-faced bureaucrat who has spent 20 years quietly decaying in the House of Representatives, Anthony Albanese displays a stunning capacity to fire the imaginations of certain demographics. He is “Hot Albo” on the internet when a 30-year-old photograph of him with an earring inspi...CONTINUE READING

05 Jun Diane Fieldes More than two years after the Lindt Cafe siege, the NSW coroner has handed down 45 recommendations for sweeping changes in how police should respond to future terrorism events. Unsurprisingly, in today’s climate of normalised Islamophobia, they are aimed first and foremost at Muslims. The...CONTINUE READING

05 Jun Kath Larkin On 19 May the Rail, Tram and Bus Union lost a stalwart and comrade, Marty McGrath. Marty started working in the railways in 1991 as a shunter and continued in the industry working on various projects in various roles until illness forced him into retirement in 2015. He held a number of pos...CONTINUE READING

05 Jun Mick Armstrong The liberal press are hailing German chancellor Angela Merkel as the champion of the “free world”, a defender of civilisation against the barbarian hordes led by Donald Trump. In a paean for Merkel, the Guardian ’s Suzanne Moore wrote, “Theatrics don’t interest her but there is a vision, a...CONTINUE READING